Horse-power loader.



J. P. & J. A. LUCAS.

HORSE POWER LOADER. APPLICATION FILED PEB.16, 1909.

958,882. Patented May 24, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PETER LUCAS AND JOSEPH ALOIS LUCAS, OF BROWERVILLE, MINNESOTA.

HORSE-POWER LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 16, 1909.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN P. LUCAS and J osurrr A. LUCAS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Browerville, in the county of Todd, Stateof Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorse-Power Loaders; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to loaders and has special reference to a loaderadapted to be used for loading material into a cart.

One object of the invention is to improve the general construction ofdevices of this character.

Another object of the-invention is to provide an improved arrangement ofthe upper or dumping end of a loader of this character.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists ingeneral of an elevator incline of peculiar construction, a loading fork,and a bail therefor.

The invention further consists in certain novel details of constructionand combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters indicate like parts in theseveral views, and :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a loader constructedin accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof;Fig. 3 is a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section onthe line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The numeral 10 indicates the elevator incline and this incline isprovided with side rails 11 which project above the face of the incline.These side rails are extended above the incline proper and have theirupper ends connected by a cross rail 12 whereon is mounted a housing 13for a pulley 14. Between the upper end of the elevator incline and thecross rail 12 the side rails are provided with ledges 15, these ledgesbeing so arranged that their upper surfaces are in the plane of theupper surface of the incline 10. The incline 10 projects beyond thelower end of the side rail and said side rail has hinged thereto a pairof supplementary side rails 16 which serve to support a supplementaryincline 17. This supplementary incline is for the purpose of resting onthe ground when the machine is in use but may be folded upout of the waywhen the device is being drawn from one place to another. The lower endof the incline is supported on an axle 18 upon which are mounted wheels19. Cross braces 20 and 21 extend across the under side of the inclineand rails 22 are attached to said cross braces and the axle 18, theserails being braced to the side rails 11 by means of struts23.

A bolster 24 is attached to the upper end. of the plane just describedby means of struts 25, said struts being further connected to the frameby means of braces 26. The bolster 24 is further provided with the usualking bolt aperture 27 and supported below this bolster is front axle 28provided with the usual wagon tongue 29, a king bolt being used toconnect the axle with the bolster. Upon the axle 28 are mounted wheels32.

The loading fork proper comprises a bail provided with side members 33and an end member 34. This bail is of sufiicient width to fit snuglybetween the side rails 11. The lower end of the bail is perforated asindicated at 36 and through the perforations passes a bar 37 havingreduced journal ends 38. The bail is so arranged that these journal endsproject over the side rails 11. On the bar 37 is mounted a series offork teeth 39 and said bar is further provided with a pair of handles40.

In using the device the material to be loaded is picked up on the forkand the latter drawn to the top of the incline by means of a cable 41which passes over the pulley at the head of the incline. When the forkhas been drawn entirely to the top of the incline the bail will rest onthe ledges 15 and the fork member will rotate therein to dump thecontents through the opening formed between the side rails 11, top ofthe incline and cross rails 12. When the fork is again lowered itreturns to its normal position.

In order to hold the invention fixed to the ground there has beenprovided a pair of collars 42 supported on the axle 18, each of whichhas a laterally extending ear 43 arranged to lie adjacent the ground.Stake pins 44 are provided to extend through these ears and stake thelower end of the incline firmly to the ground, being connected to thedevice by means of chains 45.

There has thus been provided a simple and efiicient device of thecharacter described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that many minor changes may be made in the form andconstruction of this invention without departing from the materialprinciples thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to confine theinvention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wishedto include all such as properly come within the scope thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a loader, an elevator incline, side rails projecting above theface of the incline and extending above the upper end of said incline,ledges on the inner sides of the upper ends of the side rails havingtheir upper faces in the plane of the upper face of the incline, a crossrail extending across the u per end of the side rails, a pulley r0-tatabl y mounted on said cross rail, in combination with a loading fork,a bail pivoted thereto and adapted to fit between said side rails andrest on the ledges when elevated, said fork being adapted to dropbetween the ledges when elevated, and a cable attached to said bail andpassing over said pulley.

2. In a loader, an elevator incline, side rails projecting above theface of the incline and extending above the upper end of said incline,ledges on the inner sides of the upper ends of the side rails and havingtheir upper faces in the plane of the upper face of the incline, a crossrail extending across the upper ends of the side rails, a pulleyrotatably mounted on said cross rail; in combination with a loadingfork, a bail pivoted thereto comprising a pair of parallel side bars anda cross bar, said bail being of such dimensions that the side bars willfit between the side rails of the incline to guide the fork and willrest on the ledges when elevated to permit the fork dropping between theledges, and a cable attached to said bail and passing over said pulley.

In testimony whereof, we a-flix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN PETER LUCAS. JOSEPH ALOIS LUCAS.

Witnesses STEPHEN J. MROZLA, JOHN KAHLERT.

